Bessenbach (river)

	Bessenbach; (upper course: Kirschlingsbach )
	The Bessenbach in front of the confluence with the Aschaff
	Data
Water code	DE : 247542
location	Spessart Bavaria Lower Franconia Miltenberg district; Aschaffenburg district ; ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Aschaff → Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	as Kirschlingsbach above Oberbessenbach ; 49 ° 55 ′ 18 ″ N , 9 ° 15 ′ 19 ″ E
Source height	317 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	at the A 3 junction Bessenbach / Waldaschaff in the Aschaff coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 15 ′ 20 ″ E 49 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 15 ′ 20 ″ E;
Mouth height	157 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	160 m
Bottom slope	20 ‰
length	8.1 km
Catchment area	26.07 km²
Left tributaries	Morsbach , Geiersbach
Right tributaries	Streilbach , Michelbach , Auerbach

The Bessenbach is a left tributary of the Aschaff in the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg in the Spessart in Lower Franconia . It rises above Oberbessenbach as Kirschlingsbach .

Surname

The name comes from the Old High German word bach and the personal name Basso or Bessa . The stream gave its name to the municipality of Bessenbach , through which it flows.

geography

course

The Kirschlingsbach rises above Oberbessenbach on the northwest slope of the Hohen Wart (433 m). After about a kilometer of flow, it bears the name Bessenbach . This flows through the villages of Ober- and Straßbessenbach . This is where its largest tributary, the Morsbach, flows from the left. In Keilberg it is led under the factory halls of SAF-HOLLAND GmbH . North of the village, it flows into the Aschaff at the A 3 junction Bessenbach / Waldaschaff .

Tributaries

Streilbach ( right )
Morsbach ( left )
Geiersbach ( left )
Michelbach ( right )
Auerbach ( right )

Aschaff river system

List of rivers in the Aschaff river system

Web links

Commons : Bessenbach (Fluss) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Map of the catchment area in the basic data for flowing waters of Bavaria, Bavarian State Office for the Environment

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
↑ ^a ^b Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 155 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)
^ Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 37 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

The mouth of the Bessenbach (right) into the Aschaff (left)

[DE-BY_BV-1] BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )

[DE-BY_GV24155-2] Directory of stream and river areas in Bavaria - Main river area, page 155 of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as of 2016 (PDF; 3.3 MB)

[LfO-3] Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 37 ( limited preview in Google Book search).